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Mystery, Thrillers, and Suspense March 2026 |
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Her Last Breath
by Taylor Adams
After years of excuses, Tess finally agrees to go caving with her best friend Allie, now a globe-trotting influencer. Deep underground, a stranger harasses them; Allie fights back, and Tess ends up trapped, struggling to survive. Twenty-four hours later, hospitalized Tess learns shocking secrets about Allie’s past. Was the attack random—or something far darker? And did Tess truly escape the danger when she left the cave?
This is available in our Adult Fiction collection.
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Friends and Liars
by Kit Frick
From edge-of-your-seat suspense (Booklist) author Kit Frick comes an insidious thriller about four estranged friends trapped in a powerful family's deadly games at a luxe estate in the Italian countryside.
This is available in our Adult Fiction collection.
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The Fair Weather Friend
by Jessie Garcia
It's always sunny in Detroit for Faith Richards. The popular TV meteorologist, endearingly referred to as 'The Fair Weather Friend' by her viewers, has the world by the tail. But one night, Faith leaves work on a dinner break and never returns. Her body is found the next morning. The town is reeling, suspects emerge, and long-buried secrets are uncovered. While her allies rally, her list of adversaries also grows. Little does anyone know that only the deepest secrets will expose the truth.
This is available in our Adult Fiction collection and as an eAudiobook.
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It's Not Her
by Mary Kubica
Courtney Gray’s peaceful vacation shatters when she finds her brother and sister-in-law dead, niece Reese missing, and nephew Wyatt unharmed. As police swarm the quiet resort town, dark secrets about Courtney’s family—and the town—emerge. Is Reese a victim or a killer? The deeper Courtney digs, the more everyone seems to be hiding. And the closer she gets to the truth, the harder it is to see.
This is available in our Adult Fiction and Large Print collections and as an eAudiobook.
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The Girls Before
by Kate Alice Marshall
There is a girl in a basement. The door has stopped opening. The light is gone. Stranger is trapped in the dark, with only her imagination and the scribbles on the wall left by long-dead girls to keep her company. Audrey is a search and rescue expert who never stopped looking for her ex-best friend, Janie, who disappeared when they were teenagers. Audrey knows now that for every girl saved, there's always another one lost. When she stumbles upon evidence in the forest that a teenage runaway might have actually been kidnapped from land belonging to the town's most prominent family, she will have to dig through decades of secrets.
This is available in our Adult Fiction collection.
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A Sociopath's Guide to a Successful Marriage
by Mk Oliver
Meet Lalla Rook. Lalla has a lot on her plate: She needs to guarantee her husband makes partner, secure her dream house in Hampstead, and get her daughter into a prestigious prep school. And on the afternoon she stabs a stranger seven times after he breaks into her living room, she has a four-year-old's birthday party to host. As a wife and mother, she's already an expert multi-tasker. So, disposing of a body, framing a friend, and being the world's best mother can easily be managed alongside the usual domestic minutiae.
This is available in our Adult Fiction collection.
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When I Kill You
by B. A. Paris
Nell Masters is certain someone is following her. And Nell has a reason to be looking over her shoulder, because she has a secret that she's hiding from everyone in her life, including her new partner, Alex. But Alex also has secrets of his own. Fourteen years earlier, when Nell went by the name Elle Nugent, she witnessed a student getting into a stranger's car. When her body was discovered, Elle became obsessed with finding the person responsible. Her fixation with the man she accused led her down a dangerous path. Has someone from her past discovered her new identity? Has the stalker become the stalked? Or is there something even more deadly at play?
This is available in our Adult Fiction collection.
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How to Solve Your Own Murder
by Kristen Perrin
A fortune teller at a 1965 English country fair tells Frances Adams she'll be murdered, causing her to obsess over her death. Decades later, it finally happens, and Frances' great niece, 25-year-old mystery writer Annie, must find the killer in order to inherit Frances' estate. This dual timeline mystery offers an intriguing plot and delightful characters. Read-alikes: Emily Critchley's One Puzzling Afternoon; Ruth Ware's The Death of Mrs. Westaway.
This is available in our Adult Fiction collection and as an eBook and eAudiobook.
And continue the series with How to Seal Your Own Fate - available as an eBook and eAudiobook - and How to Cheat Your Own Death - available soon.
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The New Year's Party
by Jenna Satterthwaite
New Year's Eve hits different in your thirties. Especially when the party ends in murder. It used to be an annual thing--the raucous New Year's party full of games and hors d'oeuvres. But for Olivia and her friends, the chaos of their thirties has really challenged the definition of annual. It's been a few years since the close friends were last... close. But this year is gonna be different. Oh, except for the secrets. Every last person has one... But secrets are only as good as the people you trust to keep them, and when the wrong one slips out...well, friends or not, that just might become motive for murder. Everybody thinks they know their closest friends--until somebody winds up dead.
This is available in our Adult Fiction collection.
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The Botanist's Assistant
by Peggy Townsend
Routine-loving 50-something Margaret Finch is dedicated to her job helping a talented botanist at a small university. But when he dies and it's said to be natural causes, Margaret disagrees, noticing small things that make her sure it was murder. With the help of a former journalist turned custodian, Margaret investigates, turning her precise world upside down. For fans of: Zoe B. Wallbrook's History Lessons; Jesse Q. Sutanto's Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers.
This is available in our Adult Fiction collection and as an eAudiobook.
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